Articles filed under Diversity
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Suburban Mosaic: Christians, Jews and Muslims to break bread in Arlington Heights for peaceAug 28, 2023 5:30 am - Suburban Christians, Jews and Muslims will come together to break bread Sept. 10 at the 12th annual Interfaith Potluck For Peace at St. Viator High School in Arlington H...
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'Something I shall never forget': MLK's historic speech still inspires suburban leadersAug 28, 2023 5:30 am - A momentous speech 60 years ago changed the course of Clyde Brooks' life. On Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech ...
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Visitors to Lincoln Memorial say America has its flaws but see gains made since March on WashingtonAug 25, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Fencing and construction workers greet visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, signaling that - for the moment - the monument to the nation's 16th president is a ...
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Bans on diverse picture books? Young kids need to see their families represented, experts sayAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - When Wes Brown sought out children's books for his two young sons, he made sure to seek titles that reflected the family he and his husband were building. He found that ...
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'We have made progress': Minority hiring, retention up in Naperville 203 but academic gaps still a concernAug 23, 2023 5:30 am - A Naperville Unit District 203 equity report indicates progress with minority hiring, but work remains to close academic gaps among minority student groups. District off...
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Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker-run Indian boarding schoolsAug 23, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A coalition advocating for Native American people traumatized by an oppressive system of boarding schools for Native youths plans to digitize 20,000 archival ...
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Experts: Literacy training must evolve to help kids in early gradesAug 21, 2023 5:30 am - After years of teaching high school students with learning disabilities, Carol Benz realized their problems with reading could have been addressed at a much younger age....
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Suburban Mosaic: Islamic convention will bring 20,000 people to RosemontAug 21, 2023 5:30 am - In two weeks, more than 20,000 Muslims from across North America and the world are expected to converge on Rosemont for a four-day Islamic convention - one of the larges...
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Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in publicAug 17, 2023 1:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan - Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan's Taliban government said Thursday, a...
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Why there's an acute need for minority organ, tissue and eye donorsAug 14, 2023 5:30 am - The need for organ, tissue and eye donors from minority communities remains critical, says a suburban group highlighting the shortage during National Minority Donor Awar...